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- 25 April 1991 - 3 June 1994 (Creation)
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1 paper folder
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The English Department was one of the two Departments at the Institute of Language in Education (ILE). It was part of ILE's organisational structure since its establishment in 1982, for the ILE was set up to improve the teaching and learning of Chinese and English as subjects, and the use of these languages across the curriculum. The English Department was responsible for running courses in English, both as a subject and as a medium of instruction for teachers of content subjects. There was an approximate ratio of 1 expatriate native-speaker to 1 local member of staff within the English Department. While ILE ceased to exist as an independent body from 1 September 1994 following its amalgamation with the Colleges of Education and the Hong Kong Technical Teachers' College, the work of the English Department had been taken over and continued in the Department of English at the Hong Kong Institute of Education.
Archival history
Donated by Dr. Anne Ma, former Senior Lecturer of Department of English Language Education, to EdUHK Archives in 2017.
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Scope and content
The Refresher Course for Panel Chairpersons focused on helping the participants to better equip themselves for the duties of an English Panel Chairperson. Towards the end of the course, the participants would be arranged to visit international schools in order to see:
- how English was taught to non-native -speakers in another system; and
- how another English department was run, from a management point of view. Or, more broadly, to observe:
- issues related to “language across the curriculum”;
- resources and facilities for English language teaching.
This file includes correspondence between the English Department and international schools in Hong Kong regarding arrangements for participants to visit the schools. The visits had been part of the curriculum since the refresher course was launched in 1991.
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Any request to use or publish materials from the University Archives will be subject to approval by the University Librarian and the Senior Management. Requestors should submit a request to libarchives@eduhk.hk stating the reason(s) and/or information of the proposed publication.
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Location: Shelf 1.1.1
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The following publications were consulted when preparing the description in 'Scope and content':
Hong Kong Education Dept. (1991). Institute of Language in Education Annual Report 1990-91. Hong Kong: Government Printer.
Hong Kong Education Dept. (1992). Institute of Language in Education Annual Report 1991-92. Hong Kong: Government Printer.
Hong Kong Education Dept. (1993). Institute of Language in Education Annual Report January 1992 - August 1993. Hong Kong: Government Printer.
Hong Kong Education Dept. (1994). Institute of Language in Education Annual Report September 1993 - August 1994. Hong Kong: Government Printer.